‘Mudik’ to compete at CinemAsia Movie Pageant in Amsterdam

Indonesian film Mudik (Homecoming) is to compete on the 2020 CinemAsia Movie Pageant slated for March four to eight at Studio/Ok and Rialto in Amsterdam, Holland.

The movie, which runs for one hour and 33 minutes, would compete towards seven different Asian motion pictures for the Jury Award.

A collaborative effort between Relate Movies and Lifelike Footage, Mudik is to have its European premiere on the competition and be screened twice: on March four at 7 p.m. and March eight at 5 p.m.

“I’m glad that Mudik can signify Indonesian movies to compete at worldwide movie festivals,” Sheila Timothy, the movie’s co-producer from Lifelike Footage, stated in an announcement, including that the movie was slated to be launched in Indonesia this yr.

Directed by Adriyanto Dewo, Mudik follows a married couple, Firman (Ibnu Jamil) and Aida (Putri Ayudya), who’re touring to their hometown days previous to Idul Fitri. Through the journey they’re concerned in an accident that claims a person’s life and later forces Aida to seek out solutions to questions she has been longing to know.

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— CinemAsia (@cinemasia_nl) March 1, 2020

Final yr, the film competed in and had its world premiere on the Worldwide Movie Pageant and Awards Macao (IFFAM) on Dec. 9.

The CinemAsia Movie Pageant is an annual occasion that highlights impartial Asian movies. About 30 motion pictures are to be screened all through the competition, divided into a number of classes, together with Official Choice, LGBTQ and Diaspora.

Other than Mudik, different Indonesian motion pictures, particularly A Man Known as Ahok, Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind) and Gundala, are to be screened on the competition. (wir/kes)

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